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Long time away...

AjarnV

AjarnV

Hi everyone, I've been away for almost a year after a pretty decent harvest; lot's of orange, red, and some chocolates. Everything else went south, so-to-speak.
Question; do the yields and size diminish over time? Remember, I'm in Thailand where the temps are okay all year. Long story short; all of my plants gave up and died after about 18 months.
Is this normal?
Anyway, I've replanted orange and red Habaneros from the seeds I harvested and the reds are looking good. No pepper porn; they don't look that good. :rofl:
 
Yes, true, thanks for checking in at my blog. Should be more soon. Looks like your doing okay though.
I'm growing again, so I'll post as things progress. I'm trying to dial in the soil and with my wife's help it's working.
We've concentrated on composting and now all of the beds have excellent soil and produce. The chinense are looking better than ever, but is still young and just flowering. Cheers.
 
This might interest you Verne...they may be able to help you with the growing of C. Chinense in Thailand (Habanero)????http://www.echonet.org/content/regionalOfficeSeedBank
 
In a protected setting, peppers can be perennial. Out in the environment with no winter kill, they just fall along the food chain. It's probably best to just restart from seeds. Welcome back.
 
In that much time they would use an enormous amount of nutrients, especially if you have a 12 month growing season. I would look into your soil and nutrient sources. If the plants were never repotted or replanted then it is possible they just used all the nutrients around them and petered out.
 
This might interest you Verne...they may be able to help you with the growing of C. Chinense in Thailand (Habanero)????http://www.echonet.org/content/regionalOfficeSeedBank
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Hey Grant, thanks for the link; very interesting. Chiang Mai is far enough north they can grow crops we can't such as avacados...yum.
 
Hi there,

Good to see that it's possible to grow C. Chinense here in Thailand. I'm just starting out on the obsession. Whereabouts are you? I'm in Hat Yai.

Good luck, with your growing!
 
Ezzer said:
Hi there,

Good to see that it's possible to grow C. Chinense here in Thailand. I'm just starting out on the obsession. Whereabouts are you? I'm in Hat Yai.

Good luck, with your growing!
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Hey Ezzer, I'm in Ratchaburi, way up north from you in west, central, Thailand. Yes, it's possible, but not without problems. The 5 or 6 people I have talked with all have problems; most gave up.
The soil here sucks; missing many nutrients and too much clay. My wife is brilliant at composting and this has made a huge difference.
Go to my blog and you'll see a soil map Of Thailand. I posted it last year and it's very informative. Good luck.
 
Yeah, my soil is solid clay so I decided to grow in containers. I am seriously looking into doing a hydro set up. I'm lucky enough to have a company in Hat Yai that sells the nutrients.

I've seen your blog, Srin gave me a link to it a while back. Very informative.

Best of luck with your growing.
 
Ezzer said:
Yeah, my soil is solid clay so I decided to grow in containers. I am seriously looking into doing a hydro set up. I'm lucky enough to have a company in Hat Yai that sells the nutrients.

I've seen your blog, Srin gave me a link to it a while back. Very informative.

Best of luck with your growing.
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Thanks Ezzer; I've got a hydro set-up also. I just never set it up because of all the hassles with ph, ppm's, and 24/7 pump use. If in fact I ever decide to go with it I'll use the ebb and flow style system. (Mine was set up for 24/7 flow of nutrients)
I know a guy in Pattaya who tried it and his massive crop got wiped out by a combo of insects and nutrient failure (failed to properly monitor).
IMO, if you can get a crop from dirt; it's the best option here. Cheers.
 
AjarnV said:
Thanks Ezzer; I've got a hydro set-up also. I just never set it up because of all the hassles with ph, ppm's, and 24/7 pump use. If in fact I ever decide to go with it I'll use the ebb and flow style system. (Mine was set up for 24/7 flow of nutrients)
I know a guy in Pattaya who tried it and his massive crop got wiped out by a combo of insects and nutrient failure (failed to properly monitor).
IMO, if you can get a crop from dirt; it's the best option here. Cheers.
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I currently have one Annuum in a run to waste pot using coco and rice hulls it covered in peppers, it's the only plant that isn't in a constant battle with aphids. I'm a bit worried about the coco's nutrient lock out problems so I'm trying to think up a gravity drip system so that I don't have pumps running all day. Luckily enough the RO water that I have delivered has a perfect PH.

I won't be putting all my eggs in one basket. Just going try a few and see how it works out.
 
Ezzer said:
I currently have one Annuum in a run to waste pot using coco and rice hulls it covered in peppers, it's the only plant that isn't in a constant battle with aphids. I'm a bit worried about the coco's nutrient lock out problems so I'm trying to think up a gravity drip system so that I don't have pumps running all day. Luckily enough the RO water that I have delivered has a perfect PH.

I won't be putting all my eggs in one basket. Just going try a few and see how it works out.
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Good idea; annums do well here, generally speaking; it's the chinense that suffer. Good luck.
 
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